Skill error's killed us.
Main culprits from my viewpoint;
Kane Johnson tried his guts out but just cannot kick and his decision making for a veteran is shocking.
Tivendale, two good kicks followed by three shockers. We put up with it for ten years so I should be used to it.
Raines, some shocking choices when the ball was in his hands and some classic up and unders.
On the flip side Joel on Brown was super. A noticeably slimmed down Brown ( he isn't that much bigger then Joel now) was well held. Joel actually matches up on Brown really well. A couple of things Joel did with the ball tonight were pure magic. The under ground kick that went 5 metre to Polak when he didn't have time to handball, the spoil and recovery on a leading brown, the keep in play and under ground handball, just sublime. Joel has turned into the 2000 model of Paul Roos.
And kudos to Daniel Jackson holding one of the one the true superstars of the game to a draw, which is a clear win for us. Jackson showed great concentration and actually caught Black napping on the way back a few times. Black leading him to the ball at the stoppages helped take him to the ball and once ther he did OK, winning a few clearances. He also looked a lot sharper in getting rid of the ball, in the past he has had a massive wind up for a kick or a handball. Tonight he had sure hands and nimble dexterity. Jackson's best game for the RFC on top of a solid effort last week. Still needs a lot more to hold his spot for beyond this year but a couple of handy games. Well probably get Peter Bell next week in the same role.
Main culprits from my viewpoint;
Kane Johnson tried his guts out but just cannot kick and his decision making for a veteran is shocking.
Tivendale, two good kicks followed by three shockers. We put up with it for ten years so I should be used to it.
Raines, some shocking choices when the ball was in his hands and some classic up and unders.
On the flip side Joel on Brown was super. A noticeably slimmed down Brown ( he isn't that much bigger then Joel now) was well held. Joel actually matches up on Brown really well. A couple of things Joel did with the ball tonight were pure magic. The under ground kick that went 5 metre to Polak when he didn't have time to handball, the spoil and recovery on a leading brown, the keep in play and under ground handball, just sublime. Joel has turned into the 2000 model of Paul Roos.
And kudos to Daniel Jackson holding one of the one the true superstars of the game to a draw, which is a clear win for us. Jackson showed great concentration and actually caught Black napping on the way back a few times. Black leading him to the ball at the stoppages helped take him to the ball and once ther he did OK, winning a few clearances. He also looked a lot sharper in getting rid of the ball, in the past he has had a massive wind up for a kick or a handball. Tonight he had sure hands and nimble dexterity. Jackson's best game for the RFC on top of a solid effort last week. Still needs a lot more to hold his spot for beyond this year but a couple of handy games. Well probably get Peter Bell next week in the same role.
